Section A [ 15 marks ]

Answer all questions in this section

1

An object performs simple harmonic motion Which of the following statements is true?
A The acceleration is maximum when the velocity is maximum.
B The acceleration is maximum when the displacement is maximum.
C The maximum potential energy is greater than the maximum kinetic energy.
D The maximum kinetic energy is greater than the maximum potential energy.

Two coherent sources P and Q which produce waves of the same phase with wavelength
A are shown in the diagram below.
P

If the two waves meet at the point R, the phase difference between the waves at R is
A PR QR

2
PR QR

PR QR
2
2 PR QR

Which of the following statements about a critical damping system is true?

A No energy is lost from the system.
B Only a few oscillations are possible.
C The system takes an infinite time to return to equilibrium.
D The system does not oscillate but returns easily to its equilibrium position.

The graph below shows the displacement of the particles in a rope caused by a travelling
wave at a particular time.

Which statement is not true of the motion of the particles in the rope.
A The speed of the particle at P is maximum.
B The acceleration of the particle at Q is zero.
C The energy of the particle at R is entirely potential energy.
D The energy of the particle at S is entirely kinetic energy,
5

A person can hear a sound of intensity 1.0 x 10-11 W m-2. The sound level increases by
35 dB when the man uses a hearing aid. What is the new intensity of the sound heard?
A 3.50 x 10-11 W m-2

B 3.50 x 10-10 W m-2

C 3.16 x 10-9 W m-2

D 3.16 x 10-8 W m-2

A sound source moving towards a stationary observer produces a sound of velocity v

and wavelength A. What is the velocity and wavelength of the sound detected by the
Observer

Velocity

Wavelength

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The diagram below shows a light bulb placed in front of an arrangement of a convex and
concave lens of focal lengths 20 cm and 10 cm respectively. The lenses are arranged
coaxially.The distances between the lenses is 20 cm.
Light bulb

20 cm

For the light rays from the concave lens to emerge parallel , the distance of the light bulb
from the convex lens should be,
A 10 cm

B 12 cm

C 20 cm

D 60 cm

To reduce reflection as much as possible , a glass surface is covered with a thin

transparent film. The thickness of the film must be same as
A the wavelength of light in the glass
B the wavelength of light in the film
C half of the wavelength of light in the glass
D one fourth of the wavelength of light in the film

An object is placed 5 cm from a convex mirror with a radius of curvature of 20 cm. The
image formed is
A

3.3 cm in front of the mirror and is diminished

3.3 cm behind the mirror and is enlarged

4 cm in front of the mirror and is diminished

4 cm behind the mirror and is enlarged

10

In a Youngs double slit experiment, when the distance between the slits and screen is
increased
A the fringe separation decreases the maximum intensity of bridge fringes decreases
B the fringe separation decreases the maximum intensity of bridge fringes increases
C the fringe separation increases the maximum intensity of bridge fringes decreases
D the fringe separation increases the maximum intensity of bridge fringes increases

11

When light of wavelength 350 nm is incidented on a metal surface, photoelectrons with

maximum kinetic energy 2.0 eV are emitted from the surface. What is the maximum
wavelength of light that can emit photoelectrons from the metal?
A 200 nm

12

B 580 nm

C 620 nm

D 802 nm

The diagram below shows the first order diffraction image observed from a reflected Xray beam.

Incident
X ray
beam

Reflected
X ray
beam

750

What is the separation , d , between adjacent atomic planes in the crystal if the wavelength
of the X ray is 1.20 x 10-10 m ?
A 1.16 x 10-10 m
B 1.24 x 10-10 m
C 1.96 x 10-10 m
D 2.32 x 10-10 m

13

The diagram below shows the energy levels of the hydrogen atom.

Which transition produces radiation of wavelength 436 nm?

A n = 4 to n = 1
B n= 4 to n = 2
C n = 5 to n = 1
D n = 5 to n = 2
14

12
If the masses of the proton, neutron, electron and 6 C atom are mp, mn, me and mc
12
respectively. Find the mass defect m of the nucleus 6 C .

A m = 6 mp + 6 mn - mc

15

m = 6 mp + 6 mn 6 me - mc

m = 6 mp + 6 mn + 6 me - mc

m = 6 mp + 6 mn +6 me 6 mc

Which of the following quantities is not conserved in a nuclear reaction ?

A Mass

B Momentum

C Atomic number

D Nucleon number

Section B [15 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

16. (a) An object is moving with simple harmonic motion. The distance between two consecutive
points at which the speed of the object is zero is 10.0 cm. The time taken by the object to move
between the two points is 1.5 s.
(i) Calculate the amplitude of the motion of the object.

[ 1 mark ]

(ii) Calculate the frequency of the motion of the object.

[ 2 marks ]

(iii) Calculate the maximum acceleration of the object.

[ 2 marks ]

(iv) calculate the magnitude of the velocity of the object when it is 3.0 cm from the equilibrium
position.
[ 2 marks ]

17 (a) The energy of the electron in a hydrogen atom is given by the equation

En =

13.6
2

eV,

where n = 1,2,3,

(i) Calculate the energy of the electron in the ground state in joules

[ 1 mark ]

(ii) An electron in a hydrogen atom makes a transition from energy level n=4 to energy level
n =2 and emits a photon. Find the energy emitted by the atom in eV and determine the
wavelength of the emitted photon.

[ 4 marks ]

(b) An electron has a de Broglie wavelength of 1.5 x 10-10 m.

Calculate
(i) the momentum of the electron .

[ 1 mark ]

(ii) the kinetic energy of the electron .

[ 1 mark ]

(iii) the potential difference required to accelerate the electron.

[ 1 mark ]

Section C [30 marks]

Answer any two questions in this section.
18 (a) A progressive wave on a stretched string is represented by the equation .
y = 0.03 sin ( 4.0 t 0.25x )
with x and y in metre and t in seconds.
(i) Explain the meaning of x and y in the equation.

[ 2 marks ]

(ii) What is the speed of this progressive wave ?

[ 3 marks ]

(b) A person who stands by the side of a railway track finds that the apparent frequency
of the train whistle changes from 700 Hz while the train approaches the person from far
to 580 Hz when the train passes by her and moves away from her. It is known that the speed of
sound in air is 330 m s-1, what is
(i) the speed of the train

[ 2 marks ]

(ii) the real frequency of the whistle ?

[ 2 marks ]

(c) A thin biconvex lens made of glass with refractive index 1.55 has surfaces with equal
radius of curvature 15.0 cm. An object is placed 20.0 cm on the principal axis to the left of the
lens.
(i) determine the focal length of the lens

[ 2 marks ]

(ii) determine the image position.

[ 1 mark ]

(iii) the surface of the lens is to be coated with a translucent material of

refractive index 1.35 so that light of wavelength 500 nm will not be refracted . Calculate the
minimum thickness of the coating.
[ 3 marks ]

19 (a)(i) State two observations from the experiment on photoelectric effect that cannot be
explained with the wave theory
[ 2 marks ]
(ii) Monochromatic light with wavelength 300 nm illuminates the surface of a potassium
metal of work function 2.50 eV. Calculate the maximum speed of the photoelectrons emitted.
[3 marks]
(iii) Sketch the graph for the maximum speed of photoelectrons against the frequency of
the incident rays.
[ 2 marks ]

(b) (i) Explain the difference between the process of production of continuous X-rays with
the process of production of line X-rays from an X-ray tube.
[ 4 marks ]
(ii) Why is the line X-rays the characteristic of the target metal in the X-ray tube ?
[ 1 mark ]
(iii) The accelerating potential difference across an X-ray tube using copper as target
is 5.5 kV. Calculate the minimum wavelength of the X-rays produced.

[ 2 marks ]

(iv) A wavelength of the copper line X-rays is 1.54 x 10-10 m. State whether the line Xrays can be produced by the X-ray tube in (b) (iii) above.
[ 1 mark ]

20 (a) Nuclear fission is carried out using thermal neutrons. What is meant by nuclear fission
and thermal neutrons ?
[ 2 marks ]
(b) A reaction of nuclear fission is represented by the following equation.
235
92

[ mass of
mass of

1
0

141
55

235
92

= 235.04392

mass of

93
37

= 92.92157 u

mass of

93
37

141
55
1
0

+ 2 10

= 140.91963 u
= 1.00867 u ]

(i) calculate the mass defect of the above reaction. Explain, in terms energy, why the mass
defect occurs

[ 4 marks ]

(ii) In an atomic bomb, energy is released from the fission of U-235 according to the above
equation. One atomic bomb uses 100 kg of U-235. What is the reduction in mass which
occurs if all of U-235 undergo fission ?

[ 3 marks ]

(iii) How much energy is released in the fission of U-235 in (b) (ii) above ? [ 3 marks ]
(iv) The strength of an atomic bomb is the total energy released when the bomb explodes
and this is stated in megatonnes of TNT. One megatonne of TNT releases 2.6 x 1028 MeV of
energy. Determine the strength , in megatonnes of TNT ,of the atomic bomb in (b) (ii)
above.
[ 3 marks ]

Values of Constants ( Nilai Pemalar)

Acceleration of free fall

(Pecutan jatuh bebas)

g = 9.81 m s-2

Avogadro constant

(Pemalar Avogadro)

NA = 6.02 x 1023 mol-1

Boltzmann constant

(Pemalar Boltzmann)

k = 1.38 x 10-23 J K-1

Gravitational constant

(Pemalar gravity)

Magnitude of electronic
charge

(Magnitud cas electron)

e = 1.60 x 10-19 C

Mass of the Earth

(Jisim Bumi)

ME = 5.97 x 1024 kg

Mass of the Sun

(Jisim Matahari)

MS = 1.99 x 1030 kg

Molar gas constant

(Pemalar gas molar)

R = 8.31 J K-1 mol-1

Permeability of free space

(Ketelapan ruang bebas)

0 = 4 x 10-7 Hm-1

Permittivity of free space

(Ketelusan ruang bebas)

0 = 8.85 x 10 -12 Fm-1

G = 6.67 x 10 -11 Nm2kg-2

1
-9
-1

x 10 F m
36

Planck constant

(Pemalar Planck)

h = 6.63 x 10-34 J s

Radius of the Earth

(Jejari Bumi)

RE = 6.38 x 106 m

Radius of the Sun

(Jejari Matahari)

RS = 6.96 x 108 m

Rest mass of electron

(Jisim rehat electron)

me = 9.11 x 10-31 kg

Rest mass of proton

(Jisim rehat proton)

mp = 1.67 x 10-27 kg

Speed of light in free space

(Laju cahaya dalam ruang bebas)

c = 3.00 x 108 ms-1

Stefan-Boltzmann constant

(Pemalar Stefan-Boltzmann)

Unified atomic mass unit

(Unit jisim atom bersatu)

= 5.67 x 10-8 Wm-2K-4

u = 1.66 x 10-27 kg